Mayor Charlie Hales said Thursday he had decided to set aside the idea for a Portland street fee charter amendment. He said the plan was confusing and "muddying the real message" of addressing the city's crumbling roads.

A natural gas export terminal is proposed on a sand spit north of Coos Bay. Backers of the Jordan Cove Energy Project say they're designing a facility that can withstand a massive earthquake and resulting tsunami, but regulatory standards don't address all potential hazards.

Murphy is the horse who lost 200 pounds and worked his way onto the Portland police's Mounted Patrol Unit last year. And last week, Murphy collared his first bad guy as he chased a break-in suspect six blocks in Old Town, then cornered him till officers could cuff the man.

A filet mignon for $3.40? Unfortunately, that's from the RingSide Steakhouse menu in 1952. Food critic Samantha Bakall has put together a fascinating look at 70 years of history at the venerable steakhouse.

If you are a pedestrian who see the flashing red hand and numbers counting down and thinks, I can make it, then you hustle across the intersection, commuting columnist Joe Rose says you're breaking the law.